Melding medical services and pampering is a nationwide trend. Florida's Pritikin Longevity Center and the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas have spas, too. Patients at the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., can stay in a new, 19-suite luxury lodging called The International, a VIP roost on the top floor of the Kahler Grand Hotel.

The new destination spa opening in early June at Connecticut's venerable Mayflower Inn will incorporate a novel concept that brings to mind an all-you-can-eat buffet. All the spa treatments you can cram in during a five-night weekday stay are included. But such bounty comes at a price.

Ten-year-old Miraval Life in Balance spa, in the Sonoran desert outside Tucson, has always been known for cutting-edge mind-body therapies. Now, like a growing number of destination spas, or "wellness resorts" as some prefer to be called, it's taking its restorative mission further.

A massage chair in your hotel room. A pedicure to shave years off your feet. A how-to for unleashing your sexuality. They're among the latest offerings on the spa scene as vacationers and business travelers continue to clamor for anything having to do with pampering or wellness.